Daily Devotion - Mar 22 - ¥q¥¬¯u¨C¤éÆF­×(©]) Evening by Evening

司布真每日靈修(夜) Evening by Evening

三月二十二日

經文: 父阿，我在那�，願您所賜給我的人，也同我在那�。（約翰福音十七：24）

死亡！你為何攫去那些在世上傑出的、我們所最喜愛的人？停止你的作為，將公義的人留下！死亡奪去了我們最親愛的朋友。最寬大的、最會祈禱的、最愛主的人都會死，為什麼？耶穌禱告說：「父阿，我將那�，您所賜給我的人也同我在那�。」這一禱告將他們馱於鷹翼飛騰至天堂。每當一位信徒從這地上至樂園時，也就是基督的祈禱蒙了應允的時候。一位年長的聖徒說：「那穌和祂的百姓往往在祈禱中拔河。你屈膝禱告說：『父阿，我願意您的聖徒與我同在。』基督卻說：『父阿，願您所賜給我的人，與我同在。』」因此，門徒所作的是違背了主的目的。一個靈魂不可能同時在兩處，所愛的人不能同時與基督同在，又和你同在。那麼，哪一個禱告應該蒙應允呢？我敢肯定，雖然令你十分痛苦，你會說：「耶穌，不要照我的意思，願您的旨意成就。」你會為你所愛之人的生命放棄自己的祈求。倘若你能明白基督是從相反的角度祈求。主啊，您能擁有我們所愛的人。憑著信心，我們讓他們到主那�去。

Evening, March 22

Scripture: "Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am."(John 17:24)

O death! why dost thou touch the tree beneath whose spreading branches weariness hath rest? Why dost thou snatch away the excellent of the earth, in whom is all our delight? If thou must use thine axe, use it upon the trees which yield no fruit; thou mightest be thanked then. But why wilt thou fell the goodly cedars of Lebanon? O stay thine axe, and spare the righteous. But no, it must not be; death smites the goodliest of our friends; the most generous, the most prayerful, the most holy, the most devoted must die. And why? It is through Jesus' prevailing prayer—"Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am." It is that which bears them on eagle's wings to heaven. Every time a believer mounts from this earth to paradise, it is an answer to Christ's prayer. A good old divine remarks, "Many times Jesus and his people pull against one another in prayer. You bend your knee in prayer and say 'Father, I will that thy saints be with me where I am'; Christ says, 'Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me whereI am.'" Thus the disciple is at cross-purposes with his Lord. The soul cannot be in both places: the beloved one cannot be with Christ and with you too. Now, which pleader shall win the day? If you had your choice; if the King should step from his throne, and say, "Here are two supplicants praying in opposition to one another, which shall be answered?" Oh! I am sure, though it were agony, you would start from your feet, and say, "Jesus, not my will, but thine be done." You would give up your prayer for your loved one's life, if you could realize the thoughts that Christ is praying in the opposite direction—"Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am." Lord, thou shalt have them. By faith we let them go.

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